Abstract: Objective To explore the perceived stress and job retention of resident doctors. Methods The resident doctors in 9 standardized training bases in Shandong Province were surveyed with electronic questionnaire of Perceived Stress Scale and the Intention to Retention Scale. Sample was carried out in 9 departments and 3 528 resident doctors were enrolled. The influencing factors of perceived stress and job retention were analyzed with chi-square test and binary Logistic regression. Results The perceived stress score was(25.19±7.82), and 52.6% of the resident doctors were under health risk pressure; the job retention score was(3.56±0.74), and 51.0% of the resident doctors had medium or low intention of job retention. Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that gender, current status, whether to obtain a doctors qualification certificate, training specialty, average monthly income and average number of bed managed were the influencing factors of perceived stress, while gender, current status, time of training, whether to obtain the doctors qualification certificate, training specialty, average monthly income and perceived stress were the influencing factors of job retention. Conclusion The level of perceived stress of resident doctors in Shandong Province is relatively high, while the level of job retention is medium or low. Due attention should be paid to their occupational and economic pressures so as to reduce their perceived stress and increase the level of job retention.

Key words: Perceived stress, Job retention, National standardized training, Resident doctors